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Posted: 2/5/2003 5:18:45 PM EDT
| which one is better,i.e. quicker more durable etc,thanks Ron. |
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I picked up a C-MORE rail (flatop style) I really like haveing the see thru Iron sights The adjustment screws are coarse with lots of "take up" when changeing direction. Therefore it is a RPITA to get a zero . It does have setscrews so it would appear zero will hold when you do get it where you want it. The sight appears to be pretty much the same as the old C-MORE pistol sight which was the favorite of many on their IPSC open guns. I am not going to war with this sight,just going to toss it on my bushmaster w/AK 16" upper and try it at some run and gun fun shoots . NHSPORT |
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C-More Review I wrote for Snipercountry. This sight got the greatest amount of WTF? from observers. The idea is quite solid: a red dot heads-up sight with rear A2 irons for back-up and long range. It also has a great LCF (Look Cool Factor). The front lens is a shiny reflective material (can you see me?), as most red dot sights tend to be. However, there are problems in the heads-up lens and its adjustments. First, the adjustments are WAG - no clicks, just sort of spin-the-wheel-and-see-where-it-goes. Hence, this sight took an unusually long time to zero. Simply put: unacceptable. This may be OK to some IPSC Race Puke, but it is criminal on a duty sight. Second, the hood is made of polymer and is fairly thin. Thus, it provides little impact protection - and the hood piece is the adjustable part! A further question arose from this model having twelve different settings: two for NV and 10 for day/night unaided use. This could be well and good, but since it is formed from the base of a Colt Carry Handle, were does the NV go? There is no room for a weapon mount, and the head-mounted PVS-14 will not allow for any eye relief. Worse yet, despite the fact that the Reflex and Aimpoint had no detectible parallax, the C-More thrives on it: an easy 5" on all sides at 100m. If one looks through the irons (slower, and why the dot?) then one can eliminate the problem; so could several hundred hours of drills on this sight, but why? If I were forced to use this sight, I would epoxy it heavily once zeroed and never take it off the gun. Last, but not least, the battery compartment is not easy to get to while the sight is mounted. For those who watched Survivors (I think) with Robin Williams, remember the scene were he is out of bullets for one gun and is asking the hitman to let him go back and get the right one? That is the scenario I think of with this sight. “Oh! Please, I need to replace my batteries. Just one minute while I remove my sight." A big Kevin of the GWN thumbs DOWN. Oh, and I have one to sell. I was purposely tardy with this review in hopes of selling it before the review came out. This sight could have been very impressive, but was constructed to fail for reasons unknown. I would recommend to C-More that they install a click adjustment for W&A as well as mount the hood in the same manner as the Reflex rather than a front pivot. C-More, if you are listening, you can fix it to be pretty good. -Kevin - Do yourself a favour get a Aimpoint, or an EoTech |
| thanks for all the help.I bought a cmore tactical site because I was going to get a bushy flat top but ended up getting a colt6600 hbsr for $800.so I was planning on selling the tactical(I never even got the opportunity to use it) and getting the scout. but now i'm going to get either the aimpoint or a tasco ss. thaks again guys..Ron |
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I had a C-More Scout on my 9mm AR, and an Aimpoint COMP-M XD on my M4. I preferred the tubeless design, dot clarity and brightness of the C-More, but liked the ruggedness, easy W/E adjustment and easy battery replacement of the Aimpoint. Eventually sold both and replaced them with the OKO w/ SC4 cover. Been thinking lately about trying one of the new ML2 Aimpoints, eventually. |
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